The Concept to Award Tracking System (CATS) follows the progress of concepts from creation to final approval. The CATS application tracks the creation of a new concept, editing and submitting the concept for the director's approval. Then as part of the process, the concepts are presented at the Scientific Program Leaders (SPL) and the Board of Scientific Advisors (BSA) meetings. CATS schedules the presentations, stores the presentation materials, and records the decisions and comments. CATS also tracks the Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) / Program Announcements (PA) that are produced after a concept is approved.
